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The tiny 400mAh #LithiumPolymer #battery in this cheap #Bluetooth #speaker turned into a puffed up pillow. I've replaced it with a 350mAh one I salvaged from a single-use disposable #vape device. In spite of the lower capacity, it is significantly larger than the original battery. Hope it can still fit in the available space.

Also fitted a JST connector to the speaker wires in case I need to disassemble again for a future #repair.

Continuing the theme of disposable #vapes disguised as beverages, these take the shape of sports water bottles. Each has a USB-C port for recharging the 600mAh #lithiumPolymer battery.

There is an inner shell protecting the battery so it is undamaged despite the case being cracked open by force -- likely stomped on or run over by car. But likely suffered internal damage from a very brutal recharging regime.

#BanDisposableVapes #ECigarette #ewaste

Upgrading At Least One Component of a TI Calculator - Even though Texas Instruments were the first company to produce an integrated circ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/upgrading-at-least-one-component-of-a-ti-calculator/ #chargecontroller #texasinstruments #boostconverter #lithiumpolymer #batteryhacks #retrofit #battery #lipo #ti

Found a Pyne Pod 8500 discarded in the grass during a walk into town yesterday

Surprisingly sophisticated charging circuitry for an item designed to be disposable. No obvious way to open it in order for owners to refill the tank or to swap in a new atomizer module.

#eWaste #litter #pollution #vape #eCigarette #lithiumPolymer #battery

@kelpana @stfn
It is getting more difficult to recognize what some of these single-use #vape devices are. I nearly walked right by this one which was disguised as an opened drinks can with a plastic straw sticking out.

The 650mAh lithium battery is rechargeable via the USB-C port on the bottom but there is no way to easily refill the atomizer tank
#ewaste #litter #lithiumPolymer

Before the current epidemic of disposable vape pens, Poundland used to sell these disposable phone chargers which had a 650mAh #lithiumPolymer battery connected to a DC-DC boost converter. There was no straightforward way for owners to recharge them.

I've been distracted by e-cig battery harvesting, but finally got around to adding a TC4056A module with over-discharge protection to the few I bought back then

They are now just like USB #rechargeable powerbanks

#electronics #ewaste #upcycle

Haven't seen a single-use #vape device in this form factor before. Found discarded in the grass along the side of a public footpath

Internal #LithiumPolymer battery is rechargeable via USB-C but the tank is not refillable. Still has a voltage of 3.7V
I wonder how many times it was recharged before becoming street #litter

#batteryHarvesting #eCigarette

Vapers on Reddit noticed the blatant #shrinkflation in Elfbar #vapePens and Lost Mary disposable #vapes months ago

I wonder if this why I have been finding more discarded Crystal brands than Elfbars recently

#lithiumPolymer #batteryHarvesting

Whether or not these disposable #vape devices get banned, the astonishing level of #shrinkflation that is bordering on scam territory, should be sufficient reason to stop buying these single-use #VapePens

The 550mAh #lithiumPolymer #battery (date code 221101) was found in a discarded Elfbar 600 from earlier this year.

The 360mAh battery (date code 230417) from an Elfbar 600 I picked up from the side of a road today

Found all these disposable #Vape devices by just walking into town and back today. Passed by a few that were little more than shattered remains in the road. Even the run overs might still have salvageable electronics -- the pressure sensor can be repurposed as a capacitive touch switch

At this rate I'll easily exceed the number I found last year.
#eCigarette #VapePen #litter #BatteryHarvesting #LithiumPolymer

And now Becky Stern has joined the disposable #vape #lithiumPolymer #battery salvaging club
https://youtu.be/qiUyMLdVyfI

Although she hasn't yet suggested anything about what to do with the pressure sensing (aka capacitive touch) switches.

#eCigarette #litter

That pressure sensing capsule found in most disposable #vape pens can very easily be turned into a #touchSensitive switch that is capable of switching currents high enough to activate small relays and solenoids

Simply slice the top off, exposing the edges of the inner and outer conductive cylindrical walls. Bridging the two walls with something no more conductive than human skin is sufficient to trigger it

#making #electronics #solenoid #eCigarette #VapePen #lithiumPolymer #battery

This is the most deformed lithium polymer battery I've found on the street that still had a significant charge (3.5V)

It used to be cylindrical but now has a 11mm x 14mm cross section

I won't bother trying to discharge the even more damaged one also found on the street today. I intend to dump both in the battery recycling bins at Asda tomorrow.
#litter #lithiumPolymer #battery #recycling

Look at how small the #lithiumPolymer battery is in relation to the size of the disposable #VapePen
1.48Wh (400mAh 3.7V)

Might be useful should I need to replace another battery in some wireless device, assuming I can recharge it - voltage is reading very low 1.2V

#eCigarette #litter #BatteryHarvesting #Vape

Oh no! Free #lithiumPolymer batteries appearing in the wild in Canada too!
https://youtu.be/lidMQu3S2NU
Haven't seen either of those in the UK not even under a different brand name. [pileofstuff] measured 4V on the battery from the rechargeable #eCigarette, 3.3V on the non-rechargeable #VapePen

Shortly before Poundworld closed down, they started selling more expensive items such as this Bluetooth keyboard.

I wonder if I can replace its puffy battery with one of the many I have now salvaged from discarded vape pens.

#wireless #keyboard #lithiumPolymer #battery #repair

I bought this indoor drone for £4 at a charity shop but discovered that the battery charger was missing. I'll need to jury rig a charger for its 300mAh battery in order to test whether it still works. It still had a voltage of 3.75V but the props wouldn't start and the LEDs just blinked.

One of the 3 AAA batteries in the tilt sensing remote control was also leaking. The other two batteries have expiry dates of 2014 and 2019

#CharityShopFinds #drone #UAV #LithiumPolymer #Charging #Toys

A rare find outside the gates of a school - disposable vape device with a non-cylindrical battery. Of the 100+ single-use vape pens I've found discarded on the side of streets over the past year, the vast majority had rechargeable cylindrical batteries

Wonder who dropped it. Teacher, parent, or child

#VapePen #Vape #eCigarette #litter #lithiumPolymer #battery

I'm afraid that I won't be able to salvage these lithium batteries I found in the street while walking back from town
#lithiumPolymer #VapePen #litter

Found another Lithium Lampyridea out in the wild -- that is, a rain soaked car park for some corner shops

Found the guts of another vapepen had already been removed.

Both look like they have been stepped on or driven over

#LithiumPolymer #DisposableVape #VapePen #Vape #eCigarette #litter

And another 5 more #LithiumPolymer batteries to add to my collection

Now approaching one year since I started collecting batteries littering the streets of England post-Lockdown

If I solder these in parallel and add a DC-DC boost converter will it be enough to power a Raspberry Pi? And for how long?

Very addicting this #vape device habit of mine.

I cannot seem to stop myself taking apart single-use "disposable" #ecigarette vaping pens that I find discarded in the streets in order to salvage the components, namely the rechargeable #LithiumPolymer batteries that they use, in most cases only once.

Tossed many non-viable ones into the battery recycling bins

And I still have a backlog of 24 more pens to disassemble!

#reuse #recycle #LithiumIon #batteries #salvage #BatteryHarvesting

Two rechargeable lithium polymer batteries, one from a disposable vape device and the other from a rechargeable e-cigarette with interchangeable atomizer and tank modules.

Can you guess which battery came from which device?
#ecig #vape #ecigarette #LithiumPolymer #Battery

I have salvaged so many lithium batteries from the streets around me that I need to make specially designed storage solutions for them

#lithiumPolymer #lithiumIon #batteries #vape #ecig #batteryHarvesting #litter #recycling

I've salvaged so many unprotected Li-poly batteries from the street that I've run out of over-discharge protection PCBs. So I'm testing this rudimentary protection circuit which should shut off the TIP32a power transistor when the battery voltage drops below 3.2V = forward voltage of a white LED (2.6V) + base-emitter voltage drop (0.6V)

#electronics #lithiumPolymer #battery #recycling #circuit #transistor #LED

The disposable vape pen litter problem is as bad, if not worse, in the streets around my brother's house (near Manchester) as it is in High Wycombe

This is what I was able to find just walking around between Christmas and New Years Day. I wonder how many of these 8 lithium polymer batteries are salvageable

#vape #ecig #litter #recycling #lithiumPolymer

[Bigclivedotcom] busts a myth that those cheap Ebay/Aliexpress TP4056 lithium polymer battery charger modules will end up overcharging your battery if you keep them in circuit powering a load (e.g. a string of LED fairy lights)
https://youtu.be/f2yMs-JAyQM

#electronics #YouTube #BigClive #LithiumPolymer #LithiumIon #TP4056

[Atomic 14] shows how to power #LED #Christmas lights with those free rechargeable Li-poly batteries you can find discarded on the street and along footpaths. Experiments with making them charge wirelesslessly did not turn out as planned.
https://youtu.be/DO1chYoRB3Q

#youtube #electronics #vape #ecigarette #lithiumIon #lithiumPolymer #rechargeable #wireless #maker #hack

@concretedog @gsuberland

BMS for multi cell battery
https://youtu.be/kDjUQVwbmik

Or the components for a BMS if you want to roll your own
https://youtu.be/qRVEJjk5B_g

#youtube #bms #BatteryManagementSystem #lithiumIon #battery #lithiumPolymer